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\chapter{Conclusion (Zechner)}
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\section{Google Cloud Platform}

{\bf The Google Cloud Platform offers developers a high flexibility to architect
applications and provide it to a large number of users.} \underline{In
addition}, software engineers are able to provide Linux distributions, such as
Debian and Centos. They have the opportunity to utilize the large-scale
infrastructure of Google as well. \underline{However}, these extensive
possibilites lead to a high initial effort for setting up software in the Google Cloud.
\underline{Thus}, it is not efficient to use the Google Cloud Platform 
in combination with Vyatta.

\section{Hostvirtual.com}
\underline{First of all}, Hostvirtual offers a selection of the latest Vyatta
Core software (VC) versions, which can easily be deployed in the cloud.
\underline{Of course}, in most use cases, the best choice is to use the latest
version of Vyatta. \underline{Secondly}, no long installation process is
necessary, since there are pre-installed versions of Vyatta already available.
\underline{Thirdly}, Hostvirtual provides smart features, such as automatic
failover, scalability, self-service and many more.
\underline{Therefore}, it is a good choice for a developer to use this provider
for virtualization.

\section{Possible optimizations}
{\bf In addition to the Command Line Interface (CLI), Vyatta also offers a
Graphical User Interface (GUI).} Naturally, this software package would be
good to have, but it is not free of charge. Therefore, this work used only the
Command Line Interface, which forces the user to enter every command by
hand. If the Vyatta software is to be used extensively, purchasing the Vyatta
Software with the GUI will optimize and simplify the configuration process.

\section{Unresolved problems}
Due to the fact, that configuring Vyatta on the Google Cloud Platform is a very
sophisticated task, this work did not show a completely functional version of
Vyatta at this hosting provider. \underline{However}, this problem could be
solved based on the results of this work.


\section{Suggesstions and conclusions}
{\bf This thesis has shown that it is possible to utilize the Vyatta
Software on a hosted platform to mitigate security risks.} Of course, it is not
possible to gain guranteed safety, since there are a lot of smart hackers who,
could potentially compromise this system. \underline{Nevertheless}, using the
Vyatta software to hide the IP-Address, and secure browsing and other
functions is certainly much better than using no security mechanism at all.



